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FOR SEVERE SPRAINS

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Ingredients

  • a tablespoonful of vinegar
  • a tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine

Directions

1

The white of an egg, a tablespoonful of vinegar and a tablespoonful of spirits of turpentine. Mix in a bottle, shake thoroughly, and bathe the sprain as soon as possible after the accident. This was published in _Life Secrets_, but it is republished by request on account of its great value. It should be remembered by everyone.

2

An invaluable remedy for a sprain or bruise is wormwood boiled in vinegar and applied hot, with enough cloths wrapped around it to keep the sprain moist.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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